KEY: CC: County Championship; C&GT: Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; B&H: Benson & Hedges Cup; NCL: National Cricket League; TM: Tour match; F: friendly.

APRIL

20,21,22,23 CC Middlesex (Lord's)

25,26,27,28 CC Sussex (New Road)

29 NCL Sussex (New Road)

30 B&H Northants (New Road)

MAY

2 B&H Glamorgan (Cardiff)

4 B&H Somerset (New Road)

6 B&H Gloucestershire (Bristol)

7 B&H Warwickshire (New Road)

9,10,11,12 CC Hampshire (S'ton)

13 NCL Hampshire (S'ton)

16,17,18,19 CC Derbyshire (New Road)

20 NCL Derbyshire (New Road)

23 B&H Quarter-finals

25,26,27,28 CC Gloucestershire (Bristol)

JUNE

1,2,3 TM Australia (New Road)

6,7,8,9 CC Sussex (Horsham)

10 NCL Sussex (Horsham)

13,14,15,16 CC Warwickshire (New Road)

17 NCL Lancashire (New Road)

20,21,22 F Durham Univ (New Road)

24 NCL Glamorgan (Cardiff)

25 B&H Semi-finals

27 NWT Herts/Durham CB (Away)

29,30,1,2 CC Notts (New Road)

JULY

3 NCL Derbyshire (Derby) floodlit

5,6,7,8 CC Derbyshire (Derby)

11 C&GT C&GT (New Road)

14 B&H Final (Lord's)

15 NCL Middlesex (New Road)

18 NCL Lancashire (Old Trafford)

20,21,22,23 CC Gloucs (New Road)

24 C&GT Quarter-finals

25 C&GT Quarter-finals

31 NCL Durham (New Road)

AUGUST

2,3,4,5 CC Durham (Kidderminster)

8,9,10,11 CC Notts (Trent Bridge)

11 C&GT Semi-final

12 C&GT Semi-final

12 NCL Essex (Chelmsford)

15,16,17,18 CC Warwickshire (Edgbaston)

19 NCL Middlesex (Lord's)

22,23,24,25 CC Hampshire (New Road)

26 NCL Hampshire (New Road)

SEPTEMBER

1 C&GT Final (Lord's)

2 NCL Glamorgan (New Road)

5,6,7,8 CC Durham (Riverside)

9 NCL Durham (Riverside)

12,13,14,15 CC Middlesex (New Road)

16 NCL Essex (New Road)

KEY: CC: County Championship; C&GT: Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy; B&H: Benson & Hedges Cup; NCL: National Cricket League; TM: Tour match; F: Friendly.